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Re: Experience with Tow Truck 8462?
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Date: 
Wed, 16 Aug 2000 11:47:23 GMT
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John Jensen wrote:

The idea about using cylinders for an airtank might
just work, but talk about bulk, 5 or 6 cylinders loaded with a bunch
of rubberbands:) I'll try it out! It needs to be tried! Hey! They
could control the compressor at the same time!

Excellent :-) When I get some spare time I'll get cracking on a design too and see what
happens.

BTW, for anyone from the UK here, Toy Stack in Glasgow (St Enoch Centre) have a pretty
good sale on at the moment, although I have no idea if it applies across the UK. They
had an 8462 for 39.99 UKP... and I have to confess to giving in to temptation. They
also have quite a lot of smaller sets in the sale, including the 8226, which is
actually a really cool wee model.

Jennifer Clark



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  Re: Experience with Tow Truck 8462?
 
(...) I must say I feel very tempted by that offer too. I never got an 8462 when they were widely avaliable, so I'm trying to get one now. However, as I live in Berkshire, Glasgow's a little out of the way :-) Mike (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)

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(...) That would definately be an improvement, that way you could at least keep pressure all the way, and btw, it is quite easy to control the valves with a axlejoine and say a 4L axle, but sometimes it really looks stupid:). The idea about using (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.technic)

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